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"Trunk" is nice because it fits with "branch" in the tree metaphor, but "main" does have fewer letters.
Yep, the metaphor would be good if git was a tree but kt isn't. It's very rare to have a real tree branch merge back into the trunk. Would it even still be called a branch after merging?
Not rare, but uncommon. Not sure if there's a Lemmy equivalent but r/treessuckingonthings shows trunks absorbing all sorts of things including branches
Yes, this is why I chose not to say that it was impossible.
Perhaps the mathematical definition of a tree is wrong in stating there should be not loops, or should change to another metaphor.
Hairs can split but never merges back again. Perhaps a split hair instead of a branch? We still trim or prune the ~~leaves~~ ends. What do you call the "trunk" of a hair?
Edit: formatting
If it's not a tree, why call it a branch? Maybe branch doesn't make any sense either. Maybe none of this makes any sense! Oh my God, what are we even doing here?!?! Ahhhhhhhhhhhh!